PSY313H5 Lecture : Lectures 1 and 2
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Primary aging: normal, disease-free, age related changing which occur throughout adulthood. Secondary aging: changes related to disease, lifestyle, and environmental factors that are not intrinsically part of aging per se. Tertiary aging: rapidly occurring decline that occurs shortly before death. Currently in the west, lifespan is subdivided into a number of periods. Great surge of interest into issues related to adulthood and aging importantly related with demographics. Instead of many young and few old it is now similarly represented of various age groups. Due to better standard of living for the aging and the decline in birth rates. Birth rate: number of live births for every 1000 people within a specific period. Fertility rate: the average number of children born to mothers 15-49 years old within a specific period www. notesolution. com. Cohort: a group of people born within a given period in a specific society (baby boomers) Development of an individual is variable based on experiences which are modifiable.
